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HELENA, M.T., MAY,   1888
No. 5
Childhood's   Home.
"t^et,- the pretty farm-house low,
With spreading porches wide,
Where we were wont to sit and talk
Of summers at eventide.
I see the group of children, small.
That played 'round papa's knee,
.    My sisters and my brothers, dear,
And one, yes one, was me.
Again I romp in meadows green,
Or gather flowers, wild,
"       So, free from sorrow, grief and care,
A merry, happy child.
*;  I kneel at the spring of water,
And stoop to take a drink;
gaze at the pebbly bottom
Until mine  eyelids blink.
I gaze into its liquid depths.
And there a picture see—
A little girl with tangled hair
And blue eyes—-just like me.
And there's the silvery brooklet,;
It's not so very wide;
It runs among the willows,
As though it wished to hide.
And there's the sloping hillside,
Where we children used to play;
There we've spent many happy h&urs
In the merry month of May.
Again I climb the ladder steep,
That leads to the great barn loft,
Where we have played at "Hide and Seek"
And other games so oft.
I lie me in the cooling shade
Of the grand old sugar-tree,
With dreaming eyes that look away.
And wonderful visions see.
The pretty home—my childhood's home—
Has changed to stranger's hands;
And others  will  gather   the   sweet, wild
flowers
From the dear old meadow lands.
Yes, parents, too, have moved away,
To this fair western land,
Where tall grass waves o'er prairies wild,
By gentle zephyrs fanned.
But still my mind will wander back
To the happy days of yore;
Alas! they all have vanished,
I ne'er shall see them more.
And there are my friends, dear, kind friends
If I iTieet them never inore,
I trust we'll meet in heaven above,
With the God whom we adore.
Yes, there's that home, my heavenly home
The bright land of the blest,
"Where the wicked cease their  troubling.
And the weary are at rest."
May Putnam.
Caddoa, Col. April 3, i;
"Your intelhgence should al¬
ways be far in advance of your act.
Whenever you do not know what
you are about you are sure to be
doing wvongd---Carlyle.
The Value of True  Friendship.
Of all the ties that bind tne hu¬
man heart there are none more
beautiful than the bonds of true
friendship.
They are the source of the
noblest emotions and a fountain
from which springs the purest
pleasures.
Many persons do not fully esti¬
mate the importance, the bound¬
less worth of friends, they seem to
live only for themselves and what
this life can do for them, appar¬
ently unwilHng to share a joy or
pleasure  with any  one else, but
The human heart has natural
desires for congenial companion¬
ship and though we are surround¬
ed by various pleasures, our joys
are incomplete, unlesss hared by
one whom we consider a friend.
Friendship has its duties. To
our friends we owe fidelity and
constancy in days of prosperity or
adversity.
A kind word costs us nothing
and if we speak a cheerful word
of encouragement in our fellow
mortal's ear "between the gray
dawn and shadow of evening," it
lightens the burden and casts the
shadow from his brow.
Kind  words  never lose    their
and there is that lasting friendship
of mature years, formed more
slowly and cemented by congen¬
ial tastes and pleasures.
To be called a true friend is an
evidence of a noble nature. All
the qualities of mind and heart
which tend to dignify the human
race and enable us to distinguish
ourselves are brought to notice.
The heart has memories of early
friendship that can never die, the
turmoils of Hfe cannot obliterate
them.
Prosperity is no just scale. Ad¬
versity is the only balance in which
to weigh our friends.
It has been said that "lo^=^e. is
the shadow of morning which de¬
creases as the day advances, but
friendship is the shadow of even¬
ing which strengthens with the
setting of the sun.
Edda Lowrey.
Do Not Hire  Cheap Teasers.
this selfishness can not satisfy the
vast desires of the immortal mind,
for in this dark world of ours, sur¬
rounded by the cares and per¬
plexities of every day life, we
need friends. They soothe our
wounded spirits and brighten our
pathway by their sweet influence,
for there is nothing more cheer¬
ing to the hearts of the despairing,
hopeless being than the comfort¬
ing, encouraging words of a
friend.
In days of adversity when hope
has nearly fled, our pathway is
illuminated by the sympathy of a
noble friend; tumultuous feelings
are calmed by their approach,
even as "the ruffled waters sink to
rest when the boisterous wind is
stilled."
power, their sweet fragrance
floats through the corridors of
time, years after the tongue which
uttered them has mouldered in the
dust.
How sad and vain a thing it is
to regret some past wrong doing
or infidelity towards a friend.
The memory will burden our
hearts and the bitter truth will of¬
ten appear to us in all its sublim-
ity.
Friendship, like everything of
true value, is rare. There are
friends of society life, political life
and those of prosperity who are
ready to desert us when a favor¬
able opportunity presents itself;
there are friends of childhood
marked by vows of perpetuity,
which are   often  soon  forgotten,
The Chicago Inier-Ocean says:
"Millions are thrown away upon
incompetent teachers. There is
a kind of school director, who, for
personal gain, personal spite, or to
aid his friends, will rob innocent
children of their rights, imperil
the future of the Repubhc, pro¬
mote anarchy, misrule and crime.
Millions for alms-houses, hospit¬
als, jails and judges! Milhons for
crusades against intemperance!
A country ever standing on the
verge of great danger, to be sav¬
ed by incom-petent teachers I
Think Christians, Jews, Pagans;
think. Patriots and Statesmen,
what kind of country you will
give to your children."
School officers should read the
above and carefully consider the
matter. We believe that in hir¬
ing teachers, as in buying goods,
the cheapest is always the dear¬
est.
While speaking of teachers we
will call attention to the Jact that
schools are begihning to close and
teachers will begin to look out for
positions for next year.
Secure your teachers while you
can get the best. Don't wait till
the best teachers all have positions
and then have to take" what is left.